CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING MEASURES (1) - (3) (FOR DETAILS, REFER TO THE ATTACHED SHEET) FOR THE PERMANENT SETTLE-
MENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS. AT
THE SAME TIME, FOREIGN MINISTER SONODA STATED IN THE
CABINET MEETING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE GOVERNMENT
TO TAKE THE ADDITIONAL STEPS ENUMERATED IN (4) - (8),
AND REQUESTED THE COOPERATION OF OTHER MINISTERS CON-
CERNED. THUS, THE GOVERNMENT IS TO EMBARK UPON THE
FOLLOWING 8 ITEM COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES.
(1) THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EFFORTS IN ORDER TO REALIZE
THE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED
PERSONS. TARGET FIGURE FOR THE TIME BEING IS 500 PERSONS.
MOREOVER, REGARDLESS OF THE ABOVE NUMBER, THE GOVERNMENT
WILL ENDEAVOR TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF THOSE
STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS FROM INDOCHINA WHO HAVE
BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE BEFORE SPRING 1975.
(2) BY SOFTENING THE CONDITIONS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN
JAPAN OF DISPLACED PERSONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
BY THE CABINET AT ITS MEETING IN APRIL LAST YEAR, THE
GOVERNMENT WILL PERMIT THE RESETTLEMENT IN. JAPAN OF THOSE
DISPLACED PERSONS NOW TEMPORARILY STAYING IN SOUTHEAST
ASIAN COUNTRIES AND WHO HAD IN THE PAST CLOSE RELATIONS
WITH JAPAN. BESIDES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPLY CATEGORY
NO. 3 (SEE FOOT-NOTE) FOR RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN WITH
FLEXIBILITY.
(3) AS MEASURES FOR HELPING THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO
DESIRE TO RESETTLE IN JAPAN, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE
FACILITIES FOR LEARNING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OFFER,
AS NECESSARY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR GOOD OFFICES FOR
FINDING JOBS.
(4) THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO REQUEST THE GOVERN-
MENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM TO RESTRAIN
THE OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES.
(5) THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND, AS NECESSARY,
DUE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR INDO-
CHINESE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS OF THE OFFICE OF
THE UNHCR.